Dissident (song)
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| Single by Pearl Jam | ||
| from the album Vs. | ||
| B-side(s) | "Release" (Live) / "Rearviewmirror" (Live) / "Even Flow" (Live) / "Dissident" (Live) / "Why Go" (Live) / "Deep" (Live) | |
| Released | 1994 | |
| Format | CD single, Cassette, Vinyl | |
| Recorded | March - May 1993 at The Site, Nicasio, California | |
| Genre | Grunge | |
| Length | 3:35 | |
| Label | Epic | |
| Writer(s) | Dave Abbruzzese, Jeff Ament, Stone Gossard, Mike McCready, Eddie Vedder | |
| Producer(s) | Brendan O'Brien, Pearl Jam | |
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| Pearl Jam singles chronology | ||
| "Daughter" (1993) |
"Dissident" (1994) |
"Spin the Black Circle" (1994) |
| Vs. track listing | ||
| "Glorified G" (Track 4) |
"Dissident" (Track 5) |
"W.M.A." (Track 6) |
"Dissident" is a song by rock band Pearl Jam from their second album Vs. The song was released as a single record in 1994 and peaked at #3 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, but did not chart on the Billboard Hot 100. Nevertheless, it is one of the band's most enduring singles, and has remained a popular song on many rock stations. The song was included on Pearl Jam's greatest hits album, Rearviewmirror: Greatest Hits 1991-2003.
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[edit] Lyrical meaning
Eddie Vedder about "Dissident":
In 'Dissident', I'm actually talking about a woman who takes in someone who's being sought after by the authorities for political reasons. He's on the run, and she offers him a refuge. But she just can't handle the responsibility. She turns him in, then she has to live with the guilt and the realization that she's betrayed the one thing that gave her life meaning. It made her life difficult. It made her life hell. But it gave her a reason to be. But she couldn't hold on. She folded. That's the tragedy of the song.[1]
[edit] Formats and track listing
Compact Disc Single (US, Japan, Germany, Austria, and South Africa)
- "Dissident" (Abbruzzese, Ament, Gossard, McCready, Vedder) – 3:35
- "Release" (Live) (Vedder, Gossard, Ament, McCready, Krusen) – 4:54
- "Rearviewmirror" (Live) (Abbruzzese, Ament, Gossard, McCready, Vedder) – 5:30
- "Even Flow" (Live) (Vedder, Gossard) – 5:04
- "Dissident" (Live) (Abbruzzese, Ament, Gossard, McCready, Vedder) – 3:24
- "Why Go" (Live) (Vedder, Ament) – 3:49
- "Deep" (Live) (Vedder, Gossard, Ament) – 4:44
- Live tracks recorded at the Fox Theater, Atlanta, Georgia, April 3, 1994.
Compact Disc Single (UK) (Part 1)
- "Dissident" (Abbruzzese, Ament, Gossard, McCready, Vedder) – 3:32
- "Release" (Live) (Vedder, Gossard, Ament, McCready, Krusen) – 4:54
- "Rearviewmirror" (Live) (Abbruzzese, Ament, Gossard, McCready, Vedder) – 5:30
- "Even Flow" (Live) (Vedder, Gossard) – 5:04
- Live tracks recorded at the Fox Theater, Atlanta, Georgia, April 3, 1994.
Compact Disc Single (UK) (Part 2)
- "Dissident" (Abbruzzese, Ament, Gossard, McCready, Vedder) – 3:32
- "Dissident" (Live) (Abbruzzese, Ament, Gossard, McCready, Vedder) – 3:24
- "Why Go" (Live) (Vedder, Ament) – 3:49
- "Deep" (Live) (Vedder, Gossard, Ament) – 4:44
- Live tracks recorded at the Fox Theater, Atlanta, Georgia, April 3, 1994.
Compact Disc Single (Holland and Austria)
- "Dissident" (Abbruzzese, Ament, Gossard, McCready, Vedder) – 3:35
- "Release" (Live) (Vedder, Gossard, Ament, McCready, Krusen) – 4:54
- Live tracks recorded at the Fox Theater, Atlanta, Georgia, April 3, 1994.
7" Vinyl Single (UK and Holland)
- "Dissident" (Abbruzzese, Ament, Gossard, McCready, Vedder) – 3:32
- "Rearviewmirror" (Live) (Abbruzzese, Ament, Gossard, McCready, Vedder) – 5:08
- Live tracks recorded at the Fox Theater, Atlanta, Georgia, April 3, 1994.
Cassette Single (UK)
- "Dissident" (Abbruzzese, Ament, Gossard, McCready, Vedder) – 3:32
- "Rearviewmirror" (Live) (Abbruzzese, Ament, Gossard, McCready, Vedder) – 5:08
- Live tracks recorded at the Fox Theater, Atlanta, Georgia, April 3, 1994.
[edit] Alternate versions
Two alternate versions of the "Dissident" single were released that do not contain the song "Dissident" at all. The track listings of the alternate versions are as follows:
"Dissident" #2
Compact Disc Single (Germany and Europe)
- "Jeremy" (Live) (Vedder, Ament) – 3:00
- "Glorified G" (Live) (Abbruzzese, Ament, Gossard, McCready, Vedder) – 3:19
- "Daughter" (Live) (Abbruzzese, Ament, Gossard, McCready, Vedder) – 5:07
- "Go" (Live) (Abbruzzese, Ament, Gossard, McCready, Vedder) – 2:57
- "Animal" (Live) (Abbruzzese, Ament, Gossard, McCready, Vedder) – 2:48
- "Garden" (Live) (Vedder, Gossard, Ament) – 6:52
- "State of Love and Trust" (Live) (Vedder, McCready, Ament) – 3:58
- "Black" (Live) (Vedder, Gossard) – 5:45
- Live tracks recorded at the Fox Theater, Atlanta, Georgia, April 3, 1994.
"Dissident" #3
Compact Disc Single (Germany and Europe)
- "Alive" (Live) (Vedder, Gossard) – 5:08
- "Blood" (Live) (Abbruzzese, Ament, Gossard, McCready, Vedder) – 3:39
- "W.M.A." (Live) (Abbruzzese, Ament, Gossard, McCready, Vedder) (w/ Doug Pinnick and Jerry Gaskill of King's X) – 6:24
- "Elderly Woman Behind the Counter in a Small Town" (Live) (Abbruzzese, Ament, Gossard, McCready, Vedder) – 3:43
- "Rats" (Live) (Abbruzzese, Ament, Gossard, McCready, Vedder) – 4:37
- "Once" (Live) (Vedder, Gossard) – 3:21
- "Porch" (Live) (Vedder) – 11:01
- "Indifference" (Live) (Abbruzzese, Ament, Gossard, McCready, Vedder) – 5:00
- Live tracks recorded at the Fox Theater, Atlanta, Georgia, April 3, 1994.
[edit] Live in Atlanta Box Set
Altogether, the three "Dissident" singles compile the band's April 3, 1994 concert in Atlanta, Georgia, with the only omissions being three songs from the yet-to-be-released Vitalogy ("Whipping", "Better Man", and "Satan's Bed") and the Dead Boys cover "Sonic Reducer." All three singles were available as a box set entitled Live in Atlanta released in Europe.
"Dissident"/Live in Atlanta
Compact Disc Box Set (Europe)
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Disc one
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Disc two
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Disc three
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- Live tracks recorded at the Fox Theater, Atlanta, Georgia, April 3, 1994.
[edit] References
- ^ Jones, Allan. Pearl Jam - The Illustrated Story, A Melody Maker Book. Hal Leonard Corp, 1995. ISBN 0793540356
